Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Of Shostakovich’s initial undertaking – a trilogy on the tragic destinies of Russian women through the ages – only one opera was ever written: the hard-hitting Lady Macbeth of Mts…

Cast

Songs

  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "Akh, nye Spitsa Ból'she, Popróbuyu" (Katerina)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: V dyévkakh lúchshe býlo (Katerina)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "Gribki sevódnya búdut?" (Boris, Katerina)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "Prigotóv otrávu dlya krys" (Boris, Katerina)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "Govori!...Plotinu-to na...(Zinoviy, Mill-hand, Boris, Chorus, Sergei, Coachman)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "'Proshcháy, Katerina (Zinoviy, Boris, Katerina)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "Chevó vstal? Chevó ostanovilsa?" (Aksinya, Boris)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "Ay! Ay! Ay!" (Aksinya, Shabby peasant, Porter, Chorus, Steward, Sergei)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "Bárynya!...Ay!...Shto s tobóyu?" (Shabby Peasant, Aksinya, Katerina, Sergei)
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29, Act 1: "A nu-s, pozvól'te rúku-s" (Sergei, Katerina, Shabby Peasant, Boris)